For the first time since 2019, local residents, veterans and their families will be able to gather in person Monday to remember and give their thanks to service people who died in combat.
May 31 is Memorial Day, and local resident Eddie Bowers—a veteran of the Vietnam conflict—will host a remembrance ceremony at the First Street Veterans Memorial in downtown Morgan Hill.
The event begins at 9am, and will feature local students singing patriotic songs, laying of a wreath and the raising of an American flag that belongs to a local veteran. A reading of the names of Morgan Hill residents who died in combat and a playing of “Taps” will follow.
Bowers for several years has organized such a ceremony in honor of veterans twice a year—on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, last year’s events were canceled.
Bowers said on Monday, the city is planning to close the streets surrounding the Veterans Memorial at Monterey Road and First Street, so those attending will have plenty of room to gather.
